Arbitrage
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India still top choice for offshoring
News Bangalore retains crown as top global delivery destination but Beijing is now a stronger contender thanks to the build-up to the Olympics, says analyst IDC.
Tags: Offshoring, Outsourcing, City, India, Delivery Location, International Data Corp., Environment, network, Bangalore, Mumbai
HSBC ramps up Indian presence
News HSBC is expanding its offshore outsourcing operations in India with a new BPO facility in Kolkata and a software development centre in Hyderabad.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Banking, Outsourcing
Shrinking workforces
Blogs A bit of musing this week and looking at the dynamics of the global population demographics, the war for talent, the eas...
BPO, the unfulfilled promise
Blogs The adoption of larger-scale (i.e. total contract value of US$25 million or above) BPO (business process outsourcing) de...
Outsourcing and value for money improvement--incompatible?
Blogs Why would an outsourcer ever want to offer its clients value-for-money improvement? Perhaps before we answer that que...
Outsourcing: Not just about cutting costs?
News Companies believe that outsourcing is not about dollars and cents, but all about innovation and relationship.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing Company, Accenture Ltd., Silicon.com, cost reduction, Financial Times, outsource, knowledge
IBM roars into business consulting
News Its new 4,000-strong Business Analytics & Optimization Services will mine IBM's research and software divisions for innovations.
Tags: Consulting, IBM Corp., SAS Institute, data mining, Frank Kern, Data-mining Software, business analytics, Sales, software, analytics
OneRiot aims to make money from Twitter search
News Content publishers who need traffic may find OneRiot's new ad platform useful.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Data mining & analysis, Google Inc., Twitter Inc., CBS Interactive Inc., Web 2.0, OneRiot, advertisement, CBS Corp.
HCL eyes spot in India's top tech circle
News In borrowing the cash to take over Axon Group, HCL Technologies is challenging the cozy worlds of SAP installation and Indian tech finance.
Tags: Business development/management, Business applications, Services, Acquisitions, HCL Technologies, IBM Corp., SAP AG, India, Accenture Ltd., Axon Group
The 3C sourcing framework
Blogs As many of us have noticed, the labor arbitrage era as it relates to sourcing is rapidly coming to an end. This perio...
India's offshore edge to last for 30 years
News India will maintain its low-cost IT skills advantage in the offshore outsourcing market for at least another 30 years, according to a new study.
Tags: Outsourcing
AP's first-half scorecard
Blogs With the first half of 2007 market results now available, it's worth considering how things have gone in the Asia-Pacifi...
Weathering turbulent times
Blogs Each day and week, we continue to read about the global challenges people worldwide are facing. These challenges incl...
Players in the sourcing industry
Blogs Sitting in a major software outsourcing conference in Beijing this week, I couldn't help but wonder about the players in...
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Accenture to hire 30,000 in Asia
News India, China and the Philippines look set to benefit from firm's move.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Investments, Recruiting
